Negroland
by Margo Jefferson | 
Fire Shut Up in My Bones
by Charles M. Blow | 
Colored People
by Henry Louis Gates Jr. | 
How We Fight for Our Lives
by Saeed Jones |
Black Ice
by Lorene Cary | 
Makes Me Wanna Holler
by Nathan McCall |
The Black Girl Next Door
by Jennifer Baszile |
Bone Black
by Bell Hooks |
Black Notebooks
by Toi Derricotte | 
Heavy
by Kiese Laymon |
Life on the Color Line
by Gregory Howard Williams | 
After Visiting Friends
by Michael Hainey | 
No Disrespect
by Sister Souljah |
The Sweeter the Juice
by Shirlee Taylor Haizlip | 
The Grace of Silence
by Michele Norris |
